Tuesday, August 31, 2010

DJ Automatic Presents: Common - Theater of The Mind [MixTale]























I am truly grateful for projects like this one. As a HUGE fan of the art form that is music (wether it be Hip-Hop, Rock, or Reggae) I love to get to the roots behind it. There is no better place to learn about an artist or their work then from that actual artist. DJ Automatic has put together a series of releases that he calls MixTales, with the latest one featuring Common. If you are a fan of Hip-Hop or music in general you need to listen to Common, he is one of my favorite artist! I can always put on a Common track and have it evoke a different feeling in me---positivity or reminiscence or strength. Anyways, this is not a mixtape its a mixtale i'll let DJ Automatic explain: "While listening to the limited edition of Michael Jackson's Thriller album, which features interviews with some of the legendary people he had worked with over the years like Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton, DJ and music afficianado, Merritt Reiland aka DJ Automatic (Shadyville/Vinyl Pushers DJ's) I got the idea to make mixtapes with established artists that let them tell the story behind their career, catalog and inspirations, interspersed with blends of their music chronologically, and the MixTale was born...

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